My latest project is an experiential course that I’m co-teaching this semester called Ops in NYC. Learn more about it here:
Improving paid and organic search: An expert’s view
In an interview, Thomas C Smith, Director of Marketing at Apploi discusses some easy ways to improve organic and paid search. Q: What are some easy ways to improve your organic search results? A: Content. If your site is dense
Ways of seeing through data visualization
I’ve been working on the design of a new course at NYU Stern called Data Visualization. The audience for the course are executives and MBA students. Designing a new course requires an extensive literature survey the field. Data visualization is
Are you flipping yet?
Many faculty are flipping our classrooms. In other words, we’re delivering our lectures online and students are working on activities and problems in the classroom. This educational model reserves class time for student centered activities. At NYU Stern we are
Flipped Classroom – An excuse to talk about good education
There’s been so much talk these days about the flipped classroom. From the learning sciences and educational technology perspective, the notion of student centered classes and interactive classes to support readings, videos, etc. is not so new. However, the flipped
2012 – Top 10
Top 10 academic things I did in 2012. I organized them into my four key interest categories: Online learning, Panama, Social Media, and Data Visualization Online Learning 1. Co-authored my second book with Ted Bongiovanni: The Savvy Student’s Guide to
Smart Presentations – Key Takeaways for Profs and Students
Check out this post on the Instructure’s blog. They are the creator’s of Canvas, which is a really interesting LMS that has a beautiful interface. It also enables the recording of video right within the LMS, which is pretty cool.
How people learn
How people learn [1]. People learn in different ways. However, the lecture teaching-format has favored specific types of learners. Specifically, those that learn from listening and speaking. For the rest of us, the lecture format is a far less optimal
The Flipped Classroom: A primer
You may have heard the buzz around the flipped classroom. Here’s a brief summary of what it is, how it works, and the ways it changes the roles of faculty and students in the classroom. What is it? The idea
Experiential and Experimental Learning – Using Small Businesses as Projects
It’s that time of year where I’m planning my spring courses. For graduate and undergraduate students alike, real-world experiences are essential to the learning process. I talk a lot about my eCommunities course as an example. In the course, teams